The difficulty in letting God grow you is the trust that is asked of you when you aren’t quite clear what the outcome looks like. When you intentionally do more sit-ups or eat less meat lovers pizza, you may have an image in your mind of what it might look like to feel more comfortable for swimsuit season. But when you say to the Giver of your life, “I want my life to be meaningful. I want to serve You with my life. May it be so according to what You desire,” you have no idea what secret cosmic strategies have been put into play to answer that request.

